About Bruce Smith
Born 1946. Bruce Smith is an American poet.
Bruce Smith (born 1946) is an American poet.
Life Smith was born and raised in Philadelphia. He taught at the University of Alabama, Phillips Academy, Andover and now teaches at Syracuse University. He has been a co-editor of the Graham House Review and a contributing editor of Born Magazine.
Awards “Discovery”/The Nation Award winner 2000 Guggenheim Fellowship National Endowment for the Arts grant Massachusetts Foundation for the Arts grant 1984 National Poetry Series Selection, for Silver and Information National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize finalist for The Other Lover National Book Award finalist for Devotions 2012 William Carlos Williams Award presented by the Poetry Society of America Finalist, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize
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Who is Bruce Smith?
American poet, educator (born 1946)
When was Bruce Smith born?
Bruce Smith was born on 14 December 1946 in Philadelphia.
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Bruce Smith is a poet.
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Bruce Smith is American.
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